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Alexis Arnold

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Asia and Pacific

China’s Monopoly of the World’s Lithium, and the Danger to US Markets and Renewable Energy Efforts

By Alexis Arnold
April 17, 2023 05:44 PM
As of 2022, the United States was producing approximately 1% of the world’s lithium, all of which comes from Albemarle’s Silver Peak in Nevada. There are no other functioning lithium mines in the country. Despite other potential mining sites in the United States being considered and developed, the US is producing only 1/75th of their projected lithium demand in future years. Because of this, the US is considering mining and purchasing lithium from outside the US.
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Latin America

Montes Release and the Implications on US-Cuban Relations

By Alexis Arnold
February 13, 2023 07:17 PM
A number of updates in Cuba-US relations emerged as 2023 began. While contention and long-standing ideological differences remain, it appears that the developments in relations between the countries are signs of improvement.
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